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Come, spend the night in sackcloth, you who minister before my God; for the grain offerings and drink offerings are withheld from the house of your God. <a href="/nlt/joel/1.htm">New Living Translation</a> Dress yourselves in burlap and weep, you priests! Wail, you who serve before the altar! Come, spend the night in burlap, you ministers of my God. For there is no grain or wine to offer at the Temple of your God. <a href="/esv/joel/1.htm">English Standard Version</a> Put on sackcloth and lament, O priests; wail, O ministers of the altar. Go in, pass the night in sackcloth, O ministers of my God! Because grain offering and drink offering are withheld from the house of your God. <a href="/bsb/joel/1.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> Put on sackcloth and lament, O priests; wail, O ministers of the altar. Come, spend the night in sackcloth, O ministers of my God, because the grain and drink offerings are withheld from the house of your God. <a href="/kjv/joel/1.htm">King James Bible</a> Gird yourselves, and lament, ye priests: howl, ye ministers of the altar: come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God: for the meat offering and the drink offering is withholden from the house of your God. <a href="/nkjv/joel/1.htm">New King James Version</a> Gird yourselves and lament, you priests; Wail, you who minister before the altar; Come, lie all night in sackcloth, You who minister to my God; For the grain offering and the drink offering Are withheld from the house of your God. <a href="/nasb_/joel/1.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Put on sackcloth And mourn, you priests; Wail, you ministers of the altar! Come, spend the night in sackcloth, You ministers of my God, For the grain offering and the drink offering Have been withheld from the house of your God. <a href="/nasb/joel/1.htm">NASB 1995</a> Gird yourselves with sackcloth And lament, O priests; Wail, O ministers of the altar! Come, spend the night in sackcloth O ministers of my God, For the grain offering and the drink offering Are withheld from the house of your God. <a href="/nasb77/joel/1.htm">NASB 1977 </a> Gird yourselves with sackcloth, And lament, O priests; Wail, O ministers of the altar! Come, spend the night in sackcloth, O ministers of my God, For the grain offering and the libation Are withheld from the house of your God. <a href="/lsb/joel/1.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Gird yourselves with sackcloth And lament, O priests; Wail, O ministers of the altar! Come, spend the night in sackcloth, O ministers of my God; For the grain offering and the drink offering Are withheld from the house of your God. <a href="/amp/joel/1.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Clothe yourselves with sackcloth And lament (cry out in grief), O priests; Wail, O ministers of the altar! Come, spend the night in sackcloth [and pray without ceasing], O ministers of my God, For the grain offering and the drink offering Are withheld from the house of your God. <a href="/csb/joel/1.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Dress in sackcloth and lament, you priests; wail, you ministers of the altar. Come and spend the night in sackcloth, you ministers of my God, because grain and drink offerings are withheld from the house of your God. <a href="/hcsb/joel/1.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Dress in sackcloth and lament, you priests; wail, you ministers of the altar. Come and spend the night in sackcloth, you ministers of my God, because grain and drink offerings are withheld from the house of your God. <a href="/asv/joel/1.htm">American Standard Version</a> Gird yourselves with sackcloth, and lament, ye priests; wail, ye ministers of the altar; come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God: for the meal-offering and the drink-offering are withholden from the house of your God. <a href="/cev/joel/1.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Mourn, you priests who serve at the altar of my God. Spend your days and nights wearing sackcloth. Offerings of grain and wine are no longer brought to the LORD's temple. <a href="/erv/joel/1.htm">English Revised Version</a> Gird yourselves with sackcloth, and lament, ye priests; howl, ye ministers of the altar; come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God: for the meal offering and the drink offering is withholden from the house of your God. <a href="/gwt/joel/1.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Put on your sackcloth and mourn, you priests. Cry loudly, you servants of the altar. Spend the night in sackcloth, you servants of my God. Grain offerings and wine offerings are withheld from your God's temple. <a href="/gnt/joel/1.htm">Good News Translation</a> Put on sackcloth and weep, you priests who serve at the altar! Go into the Temple and mourn all night! There is no grain or wine to offer your God. <a href="/isv/joel/1.htm">International Standard Version</a> "Put on your mourning clothes, you priests; and cry aloud, you ministering servants at the altar! Come! Stay the night in mourner's clothes, you ministers of my God, because the grain offering and the wine offering is held back from the Temple of your God. <a href="/msb/joel/1.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Put on sackcloth and lament, O priests; wail, O ministers of the altar. Come, spend the night in sackcloth, O ministers of my God, because the grain and drink offerings are withheld from the house of your God. <a href="/net/joel/1.htm">NET Bible</a> Get dressed and lament, you priests! Wail, you who minister at the altar! Come, spend the night in sackcloth, you servants of my God, because no one brings grain offerings or drink offerings to the temple of your God anymore. <a href="/nheb/joel/1.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Put on sackcloth and mourn, you priests. Wail, you ministers of the altar. Come, lie all night in sackcloth, you ministers of my God, for the meal offering and the drink offering are withheld from your God's house. <a href="/wbt/joel/1.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Gird yourselves, and lament, ye priests: howl, ye ministers of the altar: come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God: for the meat-offering and the drink-offering is withheld from the house of your God. <a href="/web/joel/1.htm">World English Bible</a> Put on sackcloth and mourn, you priests! Wail, you ministers of the altar. Come, lie all night in sackcloth, you ministers of my God, for the meal offering and the drink offering are withheld from your God’s house. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/joel/1.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> Gird, and lament, you priests, "" Howl, you servants of the altar, "" Come in, lodge in sackcloth, servants of my God, "" For present and drink-offering have been withheld from the house of your God. <a href="/ylt/joel/1.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> Gird, and lament, ye priests, Howl, ye ministrants of the altar, Come in, lodge in sackcloth, ministrants of my God, For withheld from the house of your God hath been present and libation. <a href="/slt/joel/1.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Be ye girded and lament, ye priests: wail, ye, serving the altar: come in, pass the night in sackcloth, ye serving God: for the gift and the libation were withheld from the house of your God.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/joel/1.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Gird yourselves, and lament, O ye priests, howl, ye ministers of the altars: go in, lie in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God: because sacrifice and libation is cut off from the house of your God. <a href="/cpdv/joel/1.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Priests, gird yourselves and lament. Ministers of the altars, wail. Enter, ministers of my God, lie in sackcloth. For sacrifice and libation have passed away from the house of your God. <a href="/nabre/joel/1.htm">New American Bible</a> Gird yourselves and lament, you priests! wail, ministers of the altar! Come, spend the night in sackcloth, ministers of my God! For the grain offering and the libation are withheld from the house of your God. <a href="/nrsvce/joel/1.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Put on sackcloth and lament, you priests; wail, you ministers of the altar. Come, pass the night in sackcloth, you ministers of my God! Grain offering and drink offering are withheld from the house of your God.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/joel/1.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Gird yourselves with sackcloth and lament, O you priests; howl, O you ministers of the altar; go in, spend the night in sackcloth, O you ministers of my God, because the meal offering and the drink offering are withheld from the house of your God. <a href="/hpbt/joel/1.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> Priests be clothed with sackcloth and mourn, and wail, Servants of the altar! Enter! Pass the night in sackcloth, Ministers of my God, because the fine flour offering and the drink offering is withheld from his house of your God<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/joel/1.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> Gird yourselves, and lament, ye priests, Wail, ye ministers of the altar; Come, lie all night in sackcloth, Ye ministers of my God; For the meal-offering and the drink-offering is withholden From the house of your God. <a href="/sep/joel/1.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> Gird yourselves with sackcloth, and lament, ye priests: mourn, ye that serve at the altar: go in, sleep in sackcloths, ye that minister to God: for the meat-offering and drink-offering are withheld from the house of your God. <a href="/parallel/joel/1-13.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/oEU9eLLsIkI?start=124" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/joel/1.htm">A Call to Repentance</a> 13<a href="/hebrew/2296.htm" title="2296: ḥiḡ·rū (V-Qal-Imp-mp) -- To gird, gird on, gird oneself. A primitive root; to gird on.">Put on sackcloth</a> <a href="/hebrew/5594.htm" title="5594: wə·sip̄·ḏū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-Imp-mp) -- A primitive root; properly, to tear the hair and beat the breasts; generally to lament; by implication, to wail.">and lament,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3548.htm" title="3548: hak·kō·hă·nîm (Art:: N-mp) -- Priest. Active participle of kahan; literally, one officiating, a priest; also an acting priest.">O priests;</a> <a href="/hebrew/3213.htm" title="3213: hê·lî·lū (V-Hifil-Imp-mp) -- To howl, make a howling. A primitive root; to howl or yell.">wail,</a> <a href="/hebrew/8334.htm" title="8334: mə·šā·rə·ṯê (V-Piel-Prtcpl-mpc) -- To minister, serve. A primitive root; to attend as a menial or worshipper; figuratively, to contribute to.">O ministers</a> <a href="/hebrew/4196.htm" title="4196: miz·bê·aḥ (N-ms) -- An altar. From zabach; an altar.">of the altar.</a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: bō·’ū (V-Qal-Imp-mp) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">Come,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3885.htm" title="3885: lî·nū (V-Qal-Imp-mp) -- Or liyn; a primitive root; to stop; by implication, to stay permanently; hence to be obstinate.">spend the night</a> <a href="/hebrew/8242.htm" title="8242: ḇaś·śaq·qîm (Prep-b, Art:: N-mp) -- Sack, sackcloth. From shaqaq; properly, a mesh, i.e. Coarse loose cloth or sacking; hence, a bag.">in sackcloth,</a> <a href="/hebrew/8334.htm" title="8334: mə·šā·rə·ṯê (V-Piel-Prtcpl-mpc) -- To minister, serve. A primitive root; to attend as a menial or worshipper; figuratively, to contribute to.">O ministers</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: ’ĕ·lō·hāy (N-mpc:: 1cs) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">of my God,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">because</a> <a href="/hebrew/4503.htm" title="4503: min·ḥāh (N-fs) -- From an unused root meaning to apportion, i.e. Bestow; a donation; euphemistically, tribute; specifically a sacrificial offering.">the grain</a> <a href="/hebrew/5262.htm" title="5262: wā·nā·seḵ (Conj-w:: N-ms) -- A libation, a cast idol. Or necek; from nacak; a libation; also a cast idol.">and drink offerings</a> <a href="/hebrew/4513.htm" title="4513: nim·na‘ (V-Nifal-Perf-3ms) -- To withhold, hold back. A primitive root; to debar from benefit or injury.">are withheld</a> <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004: mib·bêṯ (Prep-m:: N-msc) -- A house. Probably from banah abbreviated; a house.">from the house</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: ’ĕ·lō·hê·ḵem (N-mpc:: 2mp) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">of your God.</a> 14Consecrate a fast; proclaim a solemn assembly! Gather the elders and all the residents of the land to the house of the LORD your God, and cry out to the LORD.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/lamentations/2-10.htm">Lamentations 2:10</a> The elders of the Daughter of Zion sit on the ground in silence. They have thrown dust on their heads and put on sackcloth. The young women of Jerusalem have bowed their heads to the ground. <a href="/jeremiah/4-8.htm">Jeremiah 4:8</a> So put on sackcloth, mourn and wail, for the fierce anger of the LORD has not turned away from us.” <a href="/amos/8-10.htm">Amos 8:10</a> I will turn your feasts into mourning and all your songs into lamentation. I will cause everyone to wear sackcloth and every head to be shaved. I will make it like a time of mourning for an only son, and its outcome like a bitter day. <a href="/isaiah/22-12.htm">Isaiah 22:12</a> On that day the Lord GOD of Hosts called for weeping and wailing, for shaven heads and the wearing of sackcloth. <a href="/ezekiel/7-18.htm">Ezekiel 7:18</a> They will put on sackcloth, and terror will overwhelm them. Shame will cover all their faces, and all their heads will be shaved. <a href="/1_samuel/7-6.htm">1 Samuel 7:6</a> When they had gathered at Mizpah, they drew water and poured it out before the LORD. On that day they fasted, and there they confessed, “We have sinned against the LORD.” And Samuel judged the Israelites at Mizpah. <a href="/jonah/3-5.htm">Jonah 3:5-8</a> And the Ninevites believed God. They proclaimed a fast and dressed in sackcloth, from the greatest of them to the least. / When word reached the king of Nineveh, he got up from his throne, took off his royal robe, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes. / Then he issued a proclamation in Nineveh: “By the decree of the king and his nobles: Let no man or beast, herd or flock, taste anything at all. They must not eat or drink. ... <a href="/nehemiah/9-1.htm">Nehemiah 9:1</a> On the twenty-fourth day of the same month, the Israelites gathered together, fasting and wearing sackcloth, with dust on their heads. <a href="/2_chronicles/20-3.htm">2 Chronicles 20:3</a> Jehoshaphat was alarmed and set his face to seek the LORD. And he proclaimed a fast throughout Judah. <a href="/daniel/9-3.htm">Daniel 9:3</a> So I turned my attention to the Lord God to seek Him by prayer and petition, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes. <a href="/matthew/11-21.htm">Matthew 11:21</a> “Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. <a href="/james/4-9.htm">James 4:9</a> Grieve, mourn, and weep. Turn your laughter to mourning, and your joy to gloom. <a href="/revelation/11-3.htm">Revelation 11:3</a> And I will empower my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth.” <a href="/luke/10-13.htm">Luke 10:13</a> Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes. <a href="/acts/13-2.htm">Acts 13:2</a> While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for Me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.”</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Gird yourselves, and lament, you priests: howl, you ministers of the altar: come, lie all night in sackcloth, you ministers of my God: for the meat offering and the drink offering is withheld from the house of your God.Gird.<a href="/joel/1-8.htm">Joel 1:8,9</a> Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth… <a href="/joel/2-17.htm">Joel 2:17</a> Let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O LORD, and give not thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them: wherefore should they say among the people, Where is their God?<a href="/jeremiah/4-8.htm">Jeremiah 4:8</a> For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl: for the fierce anger of the LORD is not turned back from us.ye ministers.<a href="/1_corinthians/9-13.htm">1 Corinthians 9:13</a> Do ye not know that they which minister about holy things live of the things of the temple? and they which wait at the altar are partakers with the altar?<a href="/hebrews/7-13.htm">Hebrews 7:13,14</a> For he of whom these things are spoken pertaineth to another tribe, of which no man gave attendance at the altar… lie.<a href="/2_samuel/12-16.htm">2 Samuel 12:16</a> David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth.<a href="/1_kings/21-27.htm">1 Kings 21:27</a> And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that he rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly.<a href="/jonah/3-5.htm">Jonah 3:5-8</a> So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them… ye ministers.<a href="/isaiah/61-6.htm">Isaiah 61:6</a> But ye shall be named the Priests of the LORD: men shall call you the Ministers of our God: ye shall eat the riches of the Gentiles, and in their glory shall ye boast yourselves.<a href="/1_corinthians/4-1.htm">1 Corinthians 4:1</a> Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God.<a href="/2_corinthians/3-6.htm">2 Corinthians 3:6</a> Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.for.<a href="/joel/1-9.htm">Joel 1:9</a> The meat offering and the drink offering is cut off from the house of the LORD; the priests, the LORD'S ministers, mourn.<a href="/leviticus/2-8.htm">Leviticus 2:8-10</a> And thou shalt bring the meat offering that is made of these things unto the LORD: and when it is presented unto the priest, he shall bring it unto the altar… <a href="/numbers/29-6.htm">Numbers 29:6</a> Beside the burnt offering of the month, and his meat offering, and the daily burnt offering, and his meat offering, and their drink offerings, according unto their manner, for a sweet savour, a sacrifice made by fire unto the LORD.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ezekiel/47-1.htm">Altar</a> <a href="/joel/1-9.htm">Drink</a> <a href="/joel/1-9.htm">Drink-Offering</a> <a href="/ezekiel/44-18.htm">Gird</a> <a href="/hosea/4-6.htm">God's</a> <a href="/joel/1-10.htm">Grain</a> <a href="/joel/1-9.htm">House</a> <a href="/joel/1-11.htm">Howl</a> <a href="/hosea/13-7.htm">Lie</a> <a href="/joel/1-9.htm">Meal</a> <a href="/joel/1-9.htm">Meal-Offering</a> <a href="/joel/1-9.htm">Meat</a> <a href="/joel/1-9.htm">Meat-Offering</a> <a href="/joel/1-9.htm">Ministers</a> <a href="/joel/1-9.htm">Mourn</a> <a href="/hosea/7-6.htm">Night</a> <a href="/joel/1-9.htm">Offering</a> <a href="/joel/1-9.htm">Priests</a> <a href="/joel/1-8.htm">Sackcloth</a> <a href="/joel/1-11.htm">Wail</a> <a href="/ezekiel/20-22.htm">Withheld</a> <a href="/ezekiel/18-16.htm">Withholden</a> <a href="/joel/1-5.htm">Yourselves</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/joel/2-17.htm">Altar</a> <a href="/joel/2-14.htm">Drink</a> <a href="/joel/2-14.htm">Drink-Offering</a> <a href="/nahum/2-1.htm">Gird</a> <a href="/amos/4-11.htm">God's</a> <a href="/joel/1-17.htm">Grain</a> <a href="/joel/1-14.htm">House</a> <a href="/micah/1-8.htm">Howl</a> <a href="/amos/6-4.htm">Lie</a> <a href="/joel/2-14.htm">Meal</a> <a href="/joel/2-14.htm">Meal-Offering</a> <a href="/joel/1-16.htm">Meat</a> <a href="/joel/2-14.htm">Meat-Offering</a> <a href="/joel/2-17.htm">Ministers</a> <a href="/amos/1-2.htm">Mourn</a> <a href="/amos/5-8.htm">Night</a> <a href="/joel/2-14.htm">Offering</a> <a href="/joel/2-17.htm">Priests</a> <a href="/amos/8-10.htm">Sackcloth</a> <a href="/micah/1-8.htm">Wail</a> <a href="/amos/4-7.htm">Withheld</a> <a href="/amos/4-7.htm">Withholden</a> <a href="/joel/3-11.htm">Yourselves</a><div class="vheading2">Joel 1</div>1. <a href="/joel/1-1.htm">Joel, declaring various judgments of God, exhorts to observe them,</a> 8. <a href="/joel/1-8.htm">and to mourn.</a> 14. <a href="/joel/1-14.htm">He prescribes a solemn fast to deprecate those judgments.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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In ancient Israel, sackcloth was a coarse material made from goat's hair, worn as a sign of mourning or repentance. The priests, as spiritual leaders, are called to express deep sorrow and repentance. This call to lamentation reflects the gravity of the situation, likely a severe locust plague or drought, which is seen as a divine judgment. The priests' role was to intercede for the people, and their mourning signifies a communal call to repentance. This practice is seen elsewhere in the Bible, such as in <a href="/jonah/3-5.htm">Jonah 3:5-6</a>, where the people of Nineveh, including the king, put on sackcloth in response to Jonah's warning.wail, O ministers of the altar. The ministers of the altar, or Levites, were responsible for the temple services and sacrifices. Their wailing indicates the disruption of these services due to the lack of offerings, a direct result of the agricultural devastation. This disruption symbolizes a break in the covenant relationship between God and His people, as sacrifices were central to worship and atonement. The call to wail underscores the seriousness of the situation and the need for divine intervention. This theme of lamentation is echoed in <a href="/lamentations/2-19.htm">Lamentations 2:19</a>, where the people are urged to cry out to the Lord in their distress.Come, spend the night in sackcloth, O ministers of my God, Spending the night in sackcloth suggests an extended period of mourning and prayer, emphasizing the urgency and seriousness of the crisis. The phrase "ministers of my God" highlights the personal relationship between the priests and God, reinforcing their duty to lead the people in repentance. This nocturnal vigil can be seen as a form of intercessory prayer, seeking God's mercy and restoration. The practice of night vigils is seen in other biblical contexts, such as in <a href="/psalms/134.htm">Psalm 134:1</a>, where the servants of the Lord are called to bless the Lord by night.because the grain and drink offerings are withheld from the house of your God. The grain and drink offerings were essential components of the daily sacrifices in the temple, symbolizing the people's devotion and dependence on God. Their absence indicates a severe agricultural crisis, likely due to a locust plague or drought, which has cut off the means to sustain these offerings. This withholding of offerings signifies a disruption in worship and a breach in the covenant relationship. The situation calls for urgent repentance and a return to God, as seen in similar contexts like <a href="/haggai/1-9.htm">Haggai 1:9-11</a>, where the lack of offerings is linked to the people's neglect of God's house.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/j/joel.htm">Joel</a> The prophet who authored the book, delivering God's message to the people of Judah. 2. <a href="/topical/p/priests.htm">Priests</a> Religious leaders responsible for performing sacrifices and maintaining the temple rituals. 3. <a href="/topical/m/ministers_of_the_altar.htm">Ministers of the Altar</a> Those who serve at the altar, assisting in the offerings and sacrifices. 4. <a href="/topical/h/house_of_god.htm">House of God</a> Refers to the temple in Jerusalem, the central place of worship for the Israelites. 5. <a href="/topical/s/sackcloth.htm">Sackcloth</a> A coarse material worn as a sign of mourning and repentance.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/c/call_to_repentance.htm">Call to Repentance</a> The wearing of sackcloth symbolizes a deep, heartfelt repentance. As believers, we are called to examine our lives and turn back to God with sincerity. <a href="/topical/r/role_of_spiritual_leaders.htm">Role of Spiritual Leaders</a> Priests and ministers are called to lead by example in repentance and mourning. Today, spiritual leaders must guide their congregations in humility and truth. <a href="/topical/i/impact_of_sin_on_worship.htm">Impact of Sin on Worship</a> The withholding of offerings signifies a disruption in worship due to sin. We must recognize how sin affects our relationship with God and seek restoration. <a href="/topical/u/urgency_of_lament.htm">Urgency of Lament</a> The call to spend the night in sackcloth emphasizes the urgency and seriousness of the situation. We should not delay in addressing sin and seeking God's mercy. <a href="/topical/c/community_responsibility.htm">Community Responsibility</a> While the priests are specifically addressed, the call to repentance is communal. Each member of the body of Christ has a role in seeking God's forgiveness and restoration.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_joel_1.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Joel 1</a> <a href="/q/why_do_believers_still_suffer_long.htm">Psalm 30:11–12: If mourning is truly turned to dancing, why do faithful believers throughout history often remain in prolonged suffering?</a> <a href="/q/meaning_of_'a_time_to_mourn_and_dance'.htm">What is the meaning of "A Time to Mourn and Dance"?</a> <a href="/q/what_defines_a_solemn_assembly.htm">What defines a solemn assembly?</a> <a href="/q/who_is_the_author_of_the_book_of_joel.htm">Who is the author of the Book of Joel?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/joel/1.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(13) Gird yourselves, and lament.--The priests are exhorted to commence preparations for a national humiliation, beginning with themselves; for the visitation touches them in a vital part: they have no sacrifices to offer to the Lord.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/joel/1.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 13. - Gird yourselves, and lament, ye priests: howl, ye ministers of the altar: come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God. The invitation, or rather exhortation, here is to something more than lamentation and mourning; for, however natural in the circumstances, affliction itself could not avert or remove the calamity. They are urged, therefore, to repentance as well as lamentation. They were to assume the outward signs of the inward grace: they were to gird themselves with sackcloth, the outward symbol of their inward sorrow; next they were to enter the temple or house of God; they were to spend the night there in the attitude and garb of mourners; night and day they were to bewail their sins with humble, penitent, and contrite hearts. The priests are the persons first addressed, and that not only because, in discharge of their priestly functions as ministers of Jehovah and ministering at the altar, they had been specially touched by the present distress; but also because of their official position they were to present an example to the people whose leaders they were and on whose behalf they ministered (comp. <a href="/1_corinthians/9-13.htm">1 Corinthians 9:13</a>, "Do ye not know that they which minister about holy things live of the things of the temple? and they which wait at the altar are partakers with the altar?"). Kimchi gives a correct exposition of this verse: "Gird, that is to say, gird on sackcloth, and he explains afterwards, pass the night in sackcloth, because even by night ye shall not remove the sackcloth from off you; perhaps Jehovah will have mercy upon you. And he says, 'ministers of the altar,' and adds, 'ministers of my God,' because the ministry was as the altar to God; and he connects the ministry to God - to the altar, as wherein they minister to Jehovah." For the meat offering and the drink offering is withholden from the house of your God. This is the reason assigned for the urgent call to repentance; and it is much the same with that in the beginning of the ninth verse. <a href="/commentaries/joel/1-13.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Put on [sackcloth] חִגְר֨וּ (ḥiḡ·rū) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2296.htm">Strong's 2296: </a> To gird, gird on, gird oneself and lament, וְסִפְד֜וּ (wə·sip̄·ḏū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5594.htm">Strong's 5594: </a> To tear the hair and beat the breasts, to lament, to wail O priests; הַכֹּהֲנִ֗ים (hak·kō·hă·nîm) Article | Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3548.htm">Strong's 3548: </a> Priest wail, הֵילִ֙ילוּ֙ (hê·lî·lū) Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3213.htm">Strong's 3213: </a> To howl, make a howling O ministers מְשָׁרְתֵ֣י (mə·šā·rə·ṯê) Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8334.htm">Strong's 8334: </a> To attend as a, menial, worshipper, to contribute to of the altar. מִזְבֵּ֔חַ (miz·bê·aḥ) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4196.htm">Strong's 4196: </a> An altar Come, בֹּ֚אוּ (bō·’ū) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> To come in, come, go in, go spend the night לִ֣ינוּ (lî·nū) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3885.htm">Strong's 3885: </a> To stop, to stay permanently, to be obstinate in sackcloth, בַשַּׂקִּ֔ים (ḇaś·śaq·qîm) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8242.htm">Strong's 8242: </a> A mesh, coarse loose cloth, sacking, a bag O ministers מְשָׁרְתֵ֖י (mə·šā·rə·ṯê) Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8334.htm">Strong's 8334: </a> To attend as a, menial, worshipper, to contribute to of my God, אֱלֹהָ֑י (’ĕ·lō·hāy) Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative because כִּ֥י (kî) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> A relative conjunction the grain מִנְחָ֥ה (min·ḥāh) Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4503.htm">Strong's 4503: </a> A donation, tribute, a sacrificial offering and drink offerings וָנָֽסֶךְ׃ (wā·nā·seḵ) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5262.htm">Strong's 5262: </a> A libation, a cast idol are withheld נִמְנַ֛ע (nim·na‘) Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4513.htm">Strong's 4513: </a> To debar, from benefit, injury from the house מִבֵּ֥ית (mib·bêṯ) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1004.htm">Strong's 1004: </a> A house of your God. אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֖ם (’ĕ·lō·hê·ḵem) Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/joel/1-13.htm">Joel 1:13 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/joel/1-13.htm">Joel 1:13 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/joel/1-13.htm">Joel 1:13 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/joel/1-13.htm">Joel 1:13 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/joel/1-13.htm">Joel 1:13 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/joel/1-13.htm">Joel 1:13 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/joel/1-13.htm">Joel 1:13 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/joel/1-13.htm">Joel 1:13 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/joel/1-13.htm">Joel 1:13 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/joel/1-13.htm">Joel 1:13 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/joel/1-13.htm">OT Prophets: Joel 1:13 Put on sackcloth and mourn you priests! 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